Whats it like to be an entrepreneur Heres a behind-the-scenes look at my week. - When I Grow Up

Whats it like to be an entrepreneur Heres a behind-the-scenes look at my week. - When I Grow Up Its been 2 years since Ive given a detailed view of what A Day In My Life is likeand I feel its a great time for an update! To echo what I said back in 2011, each and every day/week/month is different for me. I dont always  see friends on Mondays or take yoga on Tuesdays or spend every Friday afternoon in a coffee shopbeing a solopreneur who wears All The Hats (even with  amazeballs help)  just doesnt allow it. So while I gave you just a day-long overview back then, I wanna give you a week-long overview now. A behind-the-scenes look as to why/when/how I do what I do and what it really looks like to be a full-time entrepreneur. No glossy photos of me with balloons or glasses or a pencil between my teeth, running through a park with a dog. That is so not my life. (I roll my eyes at pictures like that. Do you? Actually, if you were to take a picture of me right now, Id be in my yoga clothes without a stitch of makeup, hunched over my computer (seriously, I need to work on my posture!)). Cause seriously, thats how being an entrepreneur looks. At least for me. This is what the week of November 18, 2013 looked like. For context, the things that were in my focus point that week were: getting An Effective Escape  on Amazon (which we did on November 29th!) the imminent re-opening of the Clubhouse doors  (whichll happen on December 9th!) end-of-the-year review and 2014 planning So the next time you hear me talking about being a Renaissance Soul  and not being able to just work on one project at a time, youll know I practice what I preach. Now, usually each morning is the same. Im up and out of bed somewhere around 8:30a, and then make green smoothies for Luke and me while watching Judge Judy and drinking coffee. Once justice is served, I usually take some time to meditate for around 10 minutes (Im new to it and trying to form the habit), and then I sit down at the computer. I can lie and tell you Im all showered and ready to go before I start working, but that hasnt been the case lately. I usually stay in my pjs until about an hour or 2 before my first appointment, and then I hop in the shower and get dressed/made-up. I blame the cold weather and the coziness of my pjs in the winter! Monday, November 18th 10:15a-12p: answer email, hang out in the Career Camp  Facebook group, and review the first draft of An Effective Escape  on Amazon Publisher. 1-2:30p: had lunch with Sarah Feingold, who I initially met at the Etsy Success Symposium  in early 2011 and have emailed a ton, but havent seen again in person! It was great catching up and even scheming on a potential collaboration. 3-6p: worked in a coffee shop in NYC around the corner from the theater where my husband was doing his show  that night. Wrote the copy for the new An Effective Escape page, a blog post, and a newsletter for my Clubhouse  members. 6-11p: I met Luke backstage to help him get ready for the show, then was in the show, and then hung out at the bar after the show catching up with an old friend who I hadnt seen in a while. We called it quits around 11p and headed for home. Tuesday, November 19th 10:30a-11:45a: email, client follow-up, and time in the Clubhouse Facebook group. 12-1:50p: yoga class and lunch 1:50-3:30p: newsletter  and blog post writing spree 3:15-6p: client prep and sessions, with a 45-min break in between 6-7:15p: client follow-up emails (I send all my clients  their session recording + links + notes + homework after each session) Wednesday, November 20th 9:50a-12p: reviewed the 2nd draft of An Effective Escape, hung out in the Career Camp Facebook group, and sent some emails to my Clubhousers 12-1p: had my weekly catch-up with  Jess  to talk about The Declaration of Yous holiday sale. Spent 3/4 of the time talking about our personal lives and 1/4 talking about the book, as per usual. 4:30-5:45p: jumped on Skype to gab with Halley. I helped her with some business stuff, and she did the same for me. 6-7:15p: client session 7:15-7:40p: client follow-up emails Thursday, November 21st 9:30-11a: hit my Social Media spots (especially Facebook  and Twitter), billed some Clubhousers, and spent time filling in all my personal and business info for Amazon. 11-11:30a: QuickBooks time! I put in all the new expenses and money made since the last time I reconciled things on November 6th. 11:30a-12:30p: ran errands and went to the local coffee shop to do my afternoon writing 12:30-2:45p: hit the Career Camp Clubhouse Facebook groups, answered email, wrote 2 blog posts + a newsletter + 2 new pieces of Career Camp content + a post for Mad Mimi. I’ll be a monthly blogger for them in 2014! 3-5:15p: Skyped with Kari  and then Jolie. Lots of Portland friend goodness, talking about stuff both business and personal. Definitely felt like a time out. 5:30-6:30p: client session! 6:30-6:45p: triple checked the final version of An Effective Escape. 6:45-7p: follow-up email to my client Friday, November 22nd 10a-10:30a: email and Career Camp Facebook group 10:30a-12:10p: sketch out content for December through mid-January and put as milestones and tasks into my project management system. Because I’ll be re-opening my Clubhouse doors from December 9th-January 14th, it’s all about goodies for newbie entrepreneurs. I’ll put lots of juicy stuff here, but this list’ll get exclusive content and an invite to join us for a Clubhouse Coworking Day in early January. It’s always tougher than I expect to craft content that’s related to the offering I wanna highlight. It’s such an art/skill, and one that I don’t feel comes naturally to me at all (even after doing it for 4ish years!). 12:10-1p: lunch and showering/prettifying 1-2p: interviewed via Skype for a virtual conference thatll happen this March details to come! 2:10-6:30p: after settling in at the local coffee shop (again!), I circled back to my Career Campers, followed up with clients, and created Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly Planner-Reviewers that I can use for my biz and share with my clients and Clubhousers. (And yes, which I’ll share with those who’re on this list). And ya know, I was only gonna go through Fridaybut I worked a bunch on Sunday, too! From 2:45-8p, I was filling out the Yearly Planner-Reviewer I created to outline 2014which led to the totally filled out 2014 calendar above. I’m also about to start a Throwback Thursday series, featuring old blog posts o’ mine, and I spent another hour (8-9p) going through old posts that I wanna revive. Then I called it a night and put the work down just enough to get my 8ish hours of sleep and start all over again the next day. Any surprises here? Anything you wanna know more about? Leave it in the comments and I’ll make sure to make my response part of this week!